3.7.B
The Standard
write a response to a literary or informational text that demonstrates an understanding of a text
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students write a focused response that shows they understood what they read, heard, or viewed. They support their thinking with accurate details from the source.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student states a clear idea about the reading, then supports it with relevant facts, events, or examples. The response stays focused and shows accurate understanding.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell the whole text instead of explaining one clear idea. They may give an opinion without text evidence, copy a sentence without explaining it, or include inaccurate details.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short passage and ask, "What is one key idea the author wants you to understand? Use two details from the text to explain your answer."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short passage, sticky notes, and two highlighters to mark a key idea and supporting details before writing a response.
Ask students to write, "What did the character learn, and which event best proves it?" then compare answers with a partner.
Play Evidence Match by having teams pair claim cards with detail cards from a familiar class text and explain each match.
Read a school announcement and have students write the main message, two supporting details, and one action students should take.
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Related Standards
- 2.7.B
write brief comments on literary or informational texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text;
- K.6.B
provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text;
- 4.7.B
write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;
- 5.7.B
write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources;
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